Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
inquire, fathom, look for
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1398 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尋 【ヒロ】 fathom
  • 尋問 【ジンモン】 questioning, interrogation, examination (of a witness)
  • 討尋 【トウジン】 minute investigation, thorough inquiry, thorough enquiry
  • 審尋 【シンジン】 hearing, interrogation

Kun reading compounds

  • 尋ねる 【たずねる】 to ask, to enquire, to inquire, to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate
  • 尋 【ひろ】 fathom
  • 八尋 【やひろ】 great length, great size

Readings

Japanese names:
ず、 つぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2, xin2
Korean:
sim

Spanish

  • pedir
  • preguntar
  • desentrañar
  • buscar

Portuguese

  • indagar
  • aprofundar
  • procurar

French

  • demander
  • interroger
  • rechercher
  • brasse
1451 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1831 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1585 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1569 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1224 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1705 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1082 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1132 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1326 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
508 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2918 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1154 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7447X Morohashi
2322 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1145 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1228 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1523 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3548 2001 Kanji
3d9.29 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
1734.6 Four corner code
1-31-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0b Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code